C.W. SHAW INC. 

MASTER FABRICATOR

  • home

  • exhibits

  • video

  • projects

  • about

  • More

    Bed of Nails

     

    The visitor lies on a smooth bed with 5,000 nails lurking below. Using a push button the visitor activates a motor that slowly lifts the nails through the bed. The visitor is lifted by the nails unharmed because their weight is distributed over hundreds of points. This exhibit makes the visitor the star of a demonstration of the physics of weight distribution and unit force.

     

    << Back to exhibits
    Bed of Nails by CW Shaw Inc
    Bed of Nails by CW Shaw Inc
    Bed of Nails by CW Shaw Inc
    Bed of Nails by CW Shaw Inc
    Bed of Nails by CW Shaw Inc

    | cshaw@cwshaw.org |

    +1.727.528.0333

    4400 60th ave n, Saint Petersburg, FL 33714

    site index

    • Facebook | CW Shaw Inc
    • Flickr | CW Shaw Inc
    • LinkedIn | CW Shaw Inc
    • Youtube | CW Shaw Inc